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Yunjin (Chinese: 雲錦), Nanjing brocade or cloud brocade, [1] is a traditional Chinese luxury silk brocade made in Nanjing since the end of the Song dynasty, [2] and based on weft-weaving techniques from both the Song and Tang dynasties. [1] It is shuttle-woven, and often incorporates gold and silver threads with the coloured silks. [3]
This list of museums in Kansas is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The museum is a private, nonprofit museum governed by the Thomas County Historical Society. The Society was founded in 1959 to preserve the history of Thomas County, Kansas. The museum occupies a 24-acre (97,000 m 2) site just north of Interstate 70, between exits 53 and 54. [40]
Nanjing is a political and cultural city with more than 2,500 years of history as a city and nearly 500 years of history as a capital. Many dynasties or regimes in history have been established here, so it is called the "Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties". Because of its historical origins, Nanjing has many cultural heritages.
The Nanjing Museum was one of the first museums established in China. The predecessor of the Nanjing Museum was the preparatory department of the National Central Museum, [4] which was established in 1933. [citation needed] The museum took over 12.9 hectares (32 acres) in the Half Hill Garden of Zhongshan Gate.
The front cover of the Kansas City Star newspaper, engraved on a copper plate, is displayed on stage during the unveiling ceremony of a 100-year-old time capsule at the National WWI Museum and ...
Nanjing Municipal Museum (simplified Chinese: 南京市博物馆; traditional Chinese: 南京市博物館; pinyin: Nánjīng shì Bówùguǎn), the city museum of Nanjing, is a comprehensive museum of history and art, located inside Chaotian Palace. The museum was formally established in 1978 and is a key historical and cultural site.
In Kansas City or even Salina, 40 miles southeast of Lincoln, a builder who spends $150,000 to construct a new home can safely assume it will sell for far more than $150,000, ensuring a profit.